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Sep 7, 2012 - We just added eight new photos for the upcoming finale to the Twilight series, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, which opens in theaters November 16th, 2012.
You can find all the photos and...

Sep 7, 2012 - The Rosebud Cinema Drafthouse in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin opened to the public on August 31, 2012 after a five-month hiatus, when it closed in March and was sold in May (read related articles).
New...

Sep 6, 2012 - The Fiske Theatre in Oak Grove, Louisiana was featured in a video segment on KNOE Channel 8 News on August 19, 2012. The theater is undergoing some renovations following a conversion to a...

Sep 6, 2012 - Cinemark announced that is plans to build a new 17-screen movie theater in the Christiana Mall development in Newark Delaware. It will be located near the announced Cabela's store at the north part...

Sep 6, 2012 - The LaPorte Lion Cinemas in La Porte, Indiana has closed again, the third time in three years.
A local news article quotes the theater's owner about why it closed:
Despite major facility...

Sep 6, 2012 - The Bellingham Herald is reporting today that the Regal Sehome Cinemas 3 in Bellingham, Washington is up for sale, with a stipulation that it cannot be used for a movie theater by the new...

Sep 5, 2012 - The Summit Plaza Theater in Holts Summit, Missouri closed August 19, 2012. A posting on the theater's web site explains that they could not make the transition to Digital Cinema Projection systems...

Sep 5, 2012 - The Savanna Times Theater in Savanna, Illinois closed August 5, 2012, and the owner posted a message on the web site saying that the theater was for sale. In our Journal Article about the closure, we...

Sep 5, 2012 - Regal Entertainment Group announced this week that the Regal Cinemas Waugh Chapel Stadium 12 & IMAX in Gambrills, Maryland will open to the public on Friday, September 14, 2012. The theater's...

Sep 5, 2012 - The Angelika Film Center & Cafe in Fairfax, Virginia is set to open in September 2012, according to a press release issued by parent company Reading International, Inc.
The new 8-screen movie...

Sep 5, 2012 - The historic New Mission Theatre in San Francisco, California last showed movies in 1993, but Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas is planning to renovate and reopen it, according to an article published...

Sep 4, 2012 - The Cinebarre Arboretum 11 in Charlotte, North Carolina opened on August 10, 2012 in the space of the former Regal Arboretum Stadium 12, which closed in May. It lost one screen in the process, but it...

Sep 4, 2012 - The Venetian Theaters Movie Bar and Grill in Carrollton, Texas opened to the public today, September 4, 2012.
Their Facebook page has the following description of the new theater:
Venetian...

Sep 4, 2012 - Studio Movie Grill announced today that it will open its newest location in Duluth, Georgia in November 2012. The new 10-screen theater will be called the Studio Movie Grill - Duluth.
Brian Schultz,...

Sep 1, 2012 - The Marketplace 8 in Orange City, Florida closed its doors on August 31, 2012. Their web site has only the following message to explain the closure:
We would like to thank all of the patrons who...

Aug 31, 2012 - The Marcus Superior 7 Theatre in Superior, Wisconsin is getting a new name that reflects its change to budget-priced movies. Effective August 31, 2012, the theater will be called the Marcus Superior...

Aug 31, 2012 - Renovation work on the Rodgers Theatre in Corning, California continues, but, as the Corning Observer says in an article published today, progress on the theater is "slow."
Some residents question...

Aug 30, 2012 - The Imlay City Cinemas in Imlay City, Michigan closed its doors in August 2012. According to an article in the Tri-City Times published on August 29, 2012, the owner cited the lack of money for a...

Aug 29, 2012 - IMAX audiences got a treat earlier this summer when The Dark Knight Rises: The IMAX Experience was shown in some film-based IMAX theaters (read the article), which was arguably the best possible...

Aug 29, 2012 - Gift Shop merchant Amazon.com is currently offering the first-ever Blu-ray release of the Indiana Jones movies at more than 30% off the list price!
The set contains all three classic installments...